Exactly. This is already so many levels 9f wrong up to this point.

Nowhere regarding the mp3 codec (afaik, of course) there are masses of low wage workers required for data tagging for it to work. So no.

Absolutely. That is by all means not an exhaustive list. The shit pile is much higher than that and I regularly forget half of it.

Oh yeah and long term it will cause a massive issue in the workforce since now the junior positions are basically removed and supposedly replaced by AI (but that’s just a very convenient excuse) and at some point we’ll run out of experienced people.

For this the tech bros envision and sell the upcoming AGI which will never arrive though based on this technology as every expert will currently confirm.

But what do they care about messing it up for all of us, they’re already the richest there are so sucks to be us.

It’s built on ‘slave’ labor, illegal use of content and additionally using unbelievable amounts of power so the environmental concerns go right out of the window at a time where we should do everything to not do that.

Also, AI, even if it’s the currently established term has absolutely nothing to do with neither intelligence nor sentience but is being sold as AGI (overpromised).

This has caused huge masses of investment to gather which will pop at some point, causing all of us massive issues due to the missteps of a few.

Exactly.

And the same for / in companies too. There are too many people running around wanting everything right now. But everything has a time and place.

🤯

Go away with your common sense!

Oh shit, I just read diarrhea.

On one hand great! It’s a nice break from / for everything.

On the other hand I don’t like gifting nor receiving gifts much. I like randomly gifting people on occasion but not at a fixed date. Receiving gifts is strong social stress for autists.

And not only reddit, but the internet as a whole.

As a masking Autist I approve. I was shopping today, that’s enough for a week.

I’m also not really old enough, but I thought it was license costs (as usual with Sony).

Bicyclists are a major issue for pedestrians (esp. Disabled) - speaking from a European perspective

As a watcher from the outside:

It might not be fun to hear but vpn is neither the solution to government oppression nor a solution against tracking (recently there was a good article regarding that) so all you do is pay more.

We’re in Europe, our sanitary installations work differently here and mostly doesn’t clog up and if it does - yes, after a few attempts you will call a plumber.

Anyhow I feel massively gatekept if I am not maintaining my vehicle myself. Wow.

Thw amount of assumptions made is staggering.

Hm, interesting.

We have quite a different perspective there!

For one, a car is identical to me. It’s literally the same combustion engine and stuff around. Of course some different details but really doesn’t make much difference. And I know how the engine works and other various stuff.

However, that does not make me a good mechanic. That’s why I pay one. Aka if I am riding on a death machine with 2 wheels with high rpm it’d better be maintained by someone qualified.

As I said in the other answer, it’s a commuting vehicle for me. Possibly this especially here on lemmy is a slightly different thing since the US - in Europe’s eyes has lots of space for more and more cars but here it has a lot of advantages to not use a car.

But why? I am not a capable handyman, but still want to ride a bike. Still cheaper than car and low maintenance only riding on city streets. As a more efficient (gas and space) commuting vehicle.

Wouldn’t that be gatekeeping? 😁

I’ve experienced the opposite situation lots of times.

Just because I ride a bike does not mean I am a mechanic or fix stuff myself. Far from it, I leave that to a professional. Most people seem to think all men tinker on their bikes.